1. Plan and lead team practices and meets, communicate with team staff to ensure practices and meets are organized
2. Communicate with the team parent committee on a routine basis
3. Answer and return phone calls in regards to questions about the team and the general program
4. Supervise and instruct swim team members and assistant coaches at all practices and meets
5. Ensure that all participants adhere to safety practices
6. Provide administrative oversight including participation records, announcements of events, communication with other teams, etc.
7. Host, plan and organize competitive meets as directed.
8. Actively pursue training, learning opportunities and certifications as they relate to responsibilities
9. Work with team parent committee to develop and implement various fundraising activities as directed by the Program Coordinator/Director.
10. All other assigned duties pertaining to swim team
YMCA COMPETENCIES (Team Leader): The Y: We're for youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
Mission Advancement: Models and teaches the Ys values. Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to changing lives. Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition. Cultivates relationships to support fund-raising.
Collaboration: Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives. Builds relationships to create small communities. Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict. Effectively tailors communications to the appropriate audience. Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support.
Operational Effectiveness: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions. Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities. Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team. Effectively creates and manages budgets. Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. At least 21 years old.
2. Excellent organizational skills.
3. Experience in competitive swimming and coaching of competitive swimming
4. Ability to work unsupervised
5. Ability to work as part of a team and lead the team
6. Minimum 1 year experience as a swim team coach
7. Completion of YMCA Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Harassment Trainings upon hire and annually thereafter.
8. Maintain Lifeguard, First Aid, CPR Certifications
9. Must complete YMCA principles of Competitive Swimming.
10. Swim Team Coaches must complete Red Cross Safety for Swim Coaches within the first 30 days of employment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
1. Ability to lift up to 25 pounds associated with demonstrating and moving training equipment.
2. Ability to adequately provide instruction and supervision for the designated program.
3. Above average sport specific skills.
4. Neat and clean appearance.